7 places where you can download books legally
Educational Program Technologies / / December 28, 2020
1. Liters
Platforms: web, Android, iOS, Windows.
The Litres store offers over a million books in Russian and other languages. 48,000 of them (mostly classics) are available for free. The rest must be bought.
You can download free and purchased books on the Liters website or using the official applications. Almost every text is stored on the server in many formats, the store allows you to choose any. Most of the downloaded books can be read in both official and any other programs.
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2. Play Books
Platforms: web, Android, iOS.
Google's Play Books service also offers an extensive online library, but is in no rush to give away free text. Here they take money even for classics.
You can purchase books only on the website and in the Play Books Android application. If you have an iPhone or iPad, the texts will have to be purchased in the browser: only then will they appear in the iOS version. Official applications of the service allow you to download books to your device to read offline.
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Price: Free
Price: Free
3. MyBook
Platforms: web, Android, iOS.
The MyBook service provides access to 230,000 Russian-language books for the duration of a paid subscription. For 199 rubles a month you will unblock all texts, except for new products and business publications. For 549 rubles - absolutely all text books plus 40,000 audio versions. 48,000 classics and other works that have expired are available free of charge.
Books can to read online on the service website or download using official mobile applications.
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Price: Free
Price: Free
4. Bookmate
Platforms: web, Android, iOS, Windows.
Another subscription service, but with a larger catalog. According to the official description, Bookmate offers 12 million books in various languages, including Russian. 50,000 of them are available for free, the rest - for 399 rubles per month.
All texts can be read online on the Bookmate website and downloaded using the official apps. The subscription also includes access to digital comics. And for 499 rubles a month, in addition to comics and text books, you can also listen to audio versions.
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Price: Free
Price: Free
Developer: Developer
Price: Free
5. Project gutenberg
Platforms: web.
If you have long dreamed of reading Dickens' or Poe's original, the Gutenberg non-profit project site may come in handy. Here the reader is waiting for 60,000 books that have passed into the public domain. Most of them are English classics. Almost all texts available in MOBI and EPUB formats.
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6. Wattpad
Platforms: web, Android, iOS.
The Wattpad service allows everyone to publish books, so it is full of works by aspiring authors. If you are interested in such literature, you can read it for free on the website or in applications. But the service will be annoying with ads and will not allow you to store more than two downloaded books on your device.
To turn off ads and save texts without restrictions, you need to subscribe for 329 rubles per month.
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Price: Free
Price: Free
7. Litnet
Platforms: web, Android.
Another samizdat platform where you can download books independent authors. Litnet resembles Wattpad, but monetizes content differently. Local writers decide for themselves whether users can read them for free or not. Many authors put their work in the public domain. If you like a paid book, you have to buy it.
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Price: Free
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